Episodes, films, and shorts

This is a sortable list of My Little Pony Friendship is Magicepisodes, films, and shorts, divided by seasons and initially sorted by original air date, and other installments. Differences between original air date order and production order are noted with italics.

Season two

The first three episodes of season two premiered on Saturdays at 9:00 AM Eastern Time, the following fifteen episodes premiered at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, with the exception of the seventeenth episode, which premiered at 10:30 AM Eastern Time after the We Heart Ponies Fan Favorite Mare-a-thon, and the remaining episodes premiered at 1:00 PM Eastern Time, with the exception of the twenty-sixth episode, which premiered at 1:30 PM, directly following its predecessor.

Season three

Season three premiered on November 10, 2012. The first episode aired at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, 7:00 AM Pacific Time, and the second episode aired at 10:30 AM Eastern Time, 7:30 AM Pacific Time. The rest of the episodes aired at 10:30 AM Eastern Time, 7:30 AM Pacific Time, directly following a repeat of the previous week's episode.

Equestria Girls

Season four

Season four premiered on November 23, 2013. With the exception of the first and twenty-fifth episodes, both of which aired at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, 7:00 AM Pacific Time, the rest of the episodes aired at 10:30 AM Eastern Time, 7:30 AM Pacific Time.

Season five

The first half of season five premiered on April 4, 2015. The first episode aired at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, 8:00 AM Pacific Time, and the second episode aired at 11:30 AM Eastern Time, 8:30 AM Pacific Time. The other eleven episodes aired at 11:30 AM Eastern Time, 8:30 AM Pacific Time, directly following a repeat of the previous episode.

On July 8, 2015, Hasbro first announced via Twitter that the sixth season will premiere sometime later in 2015.[1] However, a day later on July 9, 2015, Hasbro corrected by tweeting that the second half of season five will be coming sometime later this year.[2]

Equestria Girls: Friendship Games

On January 29, 2015, Australian home media distributor Beyond Home Entertainment stated via Facebook that they had obtained distribution rights for seasons 4 and 5 of the show, in addition to Rainbow Rocks and the "third Equestria Girls [movie]".[3] Further confirmation was given during Hasbro's investor presentation at the 2015 New York Toy Fair, during which the film was announced for a theatrical release in Fall 2015.[4]

On July 1, 2015, a trailer by USA Today announced the film's Discovery Family premiere on September 26, 2015.[5]

Similar to the release of Rainbow Rocks, a series of animated shorts based on Friendship Games is slated to release prior to the film's premiere.[6] On July 27, 2015, Rudell tweeted that they will be released "within the next 3 months."[7]

The Movie

On October 20, 2014, Hasbro and AllSpark Pictures announced a feature-length My Little Pony film slated for a theatrical release sometime in 2017. Joe Ballarini (Ice Age: Continental Drift)[17][18] will be writing the script, with Meghan McCarthy as co-executive producer.[19]